Coffee brewing utensil



May 18, 1943 o. a Nasi-MMM` 2,319,511

`COFFE BREWING UTENSI-L A Filed Sept. 4. 1940 f egamvEsHA/M 'f Y CP ATTORNEY.

` Patented May 18, 1943 .UNIT-ED STATES PATENT VOFFICE COFFEE BREWING U'rENsn. Otto E. Neshaim, .New York, N.,Y.- '5 Application September 4, 1940, Serial No. 355,28-7

` 1 claim. (c1.- safe) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in coiee brewing utensils or the like, and more particularly to thattype of brewing utensil having an auxiliary receptacle containing the coffee or other materials to be brewed,

and has for its object to. provide a novel mechanism for suspending the "auxiliaryreceptacle within the brewing utensil whereby said receptacle may be elevated above the level of the water or immersed in 'the water in the brewing utensil.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel mechanism of this character whereby the without the necessity of removing the cover of the utensil.

The invention consists in a coiee pot or the like having suspended therein av container for the coffee to be brewed, the container being con- Fig. 1 is a horizontal section through va coffee y vauxiliary container may be ,elevated or immersed shown in Fig. 3) adapted applying the cover on the coffee pot, one of the lugs 6 is slipped in the groove 'I opposite the spout 3,`so that thediametrically opposed lug will register with the spout, after which the" thereto a transversely disposed trip lever Il (Fig.

' 2) to enable the yoke 9 to'be rotated in the -cover 4 substantially 180. The upper portion of the bearing I3 is recessed vertically as at I3' to form a catch for the adjacent bent portion of the yoke 9 to retain said yoke in elevated posipot showing 'in full lines the auxiliary coffee conposed of heat-resisting transparent. material,

such asl Pyrex glass, providedwwith a handle 2, and a pouring spout 3. The top of the coiee potis closed by a removable dome-shaped metallic cover 4, having a-peripheral out-turned rim 5, adjacent the bottom thereof adapted to rest `on top of the coffee pot I. The lower edge of the cover carries a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending lugs 6 (one of which is tion. The metal cover 4 at its open lower end is slightly yieldable to the extent that when the yoke 9, which is relatively rigid, presses upon the rbearing I3, thel cover diametrlcally expands, to. permit the yoke 9 to ride over the catch on its way to the recess. When opposite the recess, the yoke 9 enters the same, and then the cover contracts diametrically to its normal position. On removing the yoke from the recess, the same expansionand contraction of the cover takes place. The action is positive and automatic. In-

termediate its ends, the yoke is formed into a crank portion I5, which rotatably supports a metallic strap I6 looped around theV crank and riveted or. otherwise secured at its other end to the top of a coffee container Il, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The container Il is in the form of an inverted cup-shaped or cylindrical member, the top portion of which is closed and provided with a series of perforations I8 for thepurpose hereinafter `set forth. The lower open end of the container .I1 is adapted to be closed by a removable lter cover assembly, comprising an annular shell I9 'slidable within the container' and having a peripheral bead 20 adapted to abut against a complementary bead 2I around the bottom of the container I1. A iilter pad or disc 22 of fabric or any other suitable ltering material, is held .taut by means of an encirclingtension ring 23 adapted to engage in an annular recess 24 formed in the shell by the peripheral bead 20.

to engage in a groove 'I ,extending from each side'of the spout 3 above the inner peripheral of the coffee pot l.' In` The iilter pad consists of a disc of cloth or the like with a peripheral hem open at one place to enable one end of the expansible steel ring, preferably stainless steel, to be inserted and pushed .around until the spring steel ring 23 is entirely In the use of myV improved coilee pot, the cover I 4 is removed and the pot I lled to agpredetermined level with water. The spring clips 26 are ilexed and the filter cover assembly is removed to I' permit the container n to be mied with 'the required amount of ground coiee necessary to obtain a brew of desired strength, after which the cover assembly is placed on the container II and retained thereon by the aforementioned clips 26. 'I'he cover 4 is then applied on the coiee pot I with the yoke 9 in retracted position maintaining the container I1 elevated abovethe level of the water in the coffee pot. The yoke 9 is held in retracted position, shown in full lines in Fig. 1, by means of the vertical recess I3' in the upper portion of the bearing I3.

When the water in the coiee pot I has reached its boiling point, the trip lever I4 is swung upwardly releasing the yoke 9 from its friction catch recess I 3' and permitting said yoke to rotate substantially 180 downwardly by gravity, thereby quickly lowering the container I`I into the water in the pot I. 'I'he air in the container II during this quick immersion escapes through the per` forations I8 in the top thereof and the metallic strap I6 holds the container in xed position adjacent the bottom of the pot I, so that any turbulence created by the hot water will not aiect a displacement of the container I'I.

When the coiee brew has attained the desired I' strength, which is easily determined by observation through thel glass pot I, the container I1 tion, said yoke member and catch being within the cover, and adapted to be removed from the pot upon the removal o! the cover. consists of the combination of an inverted cup-shaped container having an imperforate cylindrical portion with its closed to'p provided with perforations and its lower end open. a peripheral bend at saidl open end, a removable filter cover Including an annular shell disposed within the open end of the container and having a peripheral head adapted to abut exteriorly oi thecontainer against the head of the same, means detachable, holding said filter cover to the container, and a strap member screwed to the top of the container and engaging the crank portion oi' the yoke member, whereby upon the disengagement of the yoke member from the catch the container automatically descends to the lower part of the pot, and the contents of the container is subjected to the steeping water as it is forced axially into the container from its filter and to the perfora- .tions of its top.

While I' have shown and described the invention in connection with a coiee pot such as used for household purposes, the invention is equally applicable to any other brewing utensils. For example, coffee urns, teapots and the like. Furthermore, while I have referred to the coiee pot I as preferably composed of glass whereby it is possible to determine by observation the strength of the brew, the invention is obviously ,applicable to metallic or earthenware brewing receptacles.

From the foregoing itis believed that the construction and advantages of the invention may be readily understood by those skilled in the art without further description, it being borne in mind that, numerous changes may be made in the details disclosed without departing from the is retracted in the top of the pot by swinging the trip lever I4 to rotate the yoke 9 in an upward direction where the latter is held in elevated position by the friction catch I3'. Should the first immersion fail to give the desired strength, a second immersion may be readily performed. It will thus be seen that this invention provides a simple crank mechanism for' selectively elevating and immersing a coffee container in abrewlng utensil, which mechanism is disposed within the utensil and is operable by a simple trip lever adjacent the side thereof, thereby rendering un'- necessary the removal of the cover 4 to position the container in the brewing utensil.

l From the foregoing, it will be'seen that the invention which nds its environment in a coffee brewing utensil having a cylindrical coffee pot with a pouring spout at its open upper end, a dome-shaped cover for closing the upper open end of the pot, means for detachably securing said cover to the. pot, a yoke member having a horizontal crank portion and shaft portions extending laterally thereof, one of which extends exterior of thecover, and a catch for engaging theyoke member for holding it in upward posispirit of the invention as set out in the following claims.

What I claim and desire to secure `by Letters Patent is:

In a coiee brewing utensil having a pot .for the water to be boiled, the combination of an inverted cup-shaped container for the coffee having an imperforate cylindrical portion with its closed top provided with perforations for the passage of air and its lower end open, a peripheral bend at said openvend, a removable filter cover including an annular shell disposed within the open end of the container and having a peripheral head adapted to abut exteriorly of the container against the head of the same, means on the container detachably holding said filter cover thereto to support the coiee in the container, and

a looped rigid strap member on the top of the container, with a yoke member having a crank portion engaged by said strap, and acatch for detachably holding the yoke member in. vertical position, whereby upon the disengagement of the yoke member from the catch the container automatically descends piston-like to the lower part of the pot, and the contents of the container is subjected to the steeping water as it is forced axially into the container from. its lter and to the perforations of its top, and whereby thereafter the container is moved above the water and held by the catch while the water is `being subjected to boiling.

i O'I'IO E. NESHAIM. 

